Windows Phone Summit

Microsoft has announced at the Windows Phone Summit that Internet Explorer 10 will be making the jump from the desktop to Windows Phone 8 when it ships this fall. Internet Explorer 10 will feature numerous performance improvements compared to the current Internet Explorer found on Windows Phone 7.5, such as faster JavaScript performance, more HTML5 features, and an anti-phishing mode.

Microsoft has taken the wraps off of Windows Phone 8 today, revealing that the new "Apollo" platform will have a shared Windows core with Windows 8. The shared basis of the two platforms means that Microsoft developers and hardware manufacturers will be able to take advantage of the same code on both Windows 8 PCs and Windows Phone 8 handsets. For consumers, it means more available apps as developers will find it easier to release software for both platforms.